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SAN FRANCISCO -- The FBI added an alleged animal rights bomber from Sonoma County to its list of "Most Wanted" terror suspects Tuesday, underscoring the agency's increasing focus on such activists by lining him up next to Osama Bin Laden and 22 other Islamic extremists.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 31, a former resident of tiny Schellville who is believed by authorities to be hiding out in Costa Rica, is the first domestic terror suspect to be added to a list that officials created a month after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. San Diego is accused of detonating pipe bombs in 2003 at a pair of firms, Chiron Corp. in Emeryville and Shaklee Corp. in Pleasanton. No one was hurt in the early morning attacks, though the FBI contended Tuesday that San Diego "intended to cause serious injury or death." Investigators believe the firms were targeted because they had done business with Huntingdon Life Sciences, a New Jersey laboratory that conducts experiments on animals for clients.
San Diego disappeared in October 2003, giving the slip to federal agents who, after obtaining a warrant for his arrest, had been following him from a distance to try to gather more evidence. He was put on the terrorist list because his actions "have set an example to other extremists in the animal rights movement," the FBI said in a statement. The "Most Wanted Terrorists" list is distinct from the much longer-running "Ten Most Wanted" list, which also includes Bin Laden.
"As a society, we cannot sit idly by and allow violence to become an acceptable solution for social and political problems," said Special Agent in Charge Charlene Thornton of the FBI's San Francisco office. "Mr. San Diego and those like him are every bit as great a threat to the peace and security of the United States as any foreign terrorist."
The FBI action comes a month after four animal rights activists were indicted on federal terrorism-related charges for allegedly harassing and threatening researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. Those protesters said their free-speech rights had been violated. The FBI said San Diego has three distinctive tattoos, one each on his chest, stomach and back. The tattoos depict buildings and a pastoral scene on fire and include the words, "It only takes a spark."
There is a $250,000 reward for information leading to San Diego's capture. Anyone with information is asked to call local police, the FBI or 911.
Daniel Andreas San Diego, 31, a former resident of tiny Schellville who is believed by authorities to be hiding out in Costa Rica, is the first domestic terror suspect to be added to a list that officials created a month after the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. San Diego is accused of detonating pipe bombs in 2003 at a pair of firms, Chiron Corp. in Emeryville and Shaklee Corp. in Pleasanton. No one was hurt in the early morning attacks, though the FBI contended Tuesday that San Diego "intended to cause serious injury or death." Investigators believe the firms were targeted because they had done business with Huntingdon Life Sciences, a New Jersey laboratory that conducts experiments on animals for clients.
San Diego disappeared in October 2003, giving the slip to federal agents who, after obtaining a warrant for his arrest, had been following him from a distance to try to gather more evidence. He was put on the terrorist list because his actions "have set an example to other extremists in the animal rights movement," the FBI said in a statement. The "Most Wanted Terrorists" list is distinct from the much longer-running "Ten Most Wanted" list, which also includes Bin Laden.
"As a society, we cannot sit idly by and allow violence to become an acceptable solution for social and political problems," said Special Agent in Charge Charlene Thornton of the FBI's San Francisco office. "Mr. San Diego and those like him are every bit as great a threat to the peace and security of the United States as any foreign terrorist."
The FBI action comes a month after four animal rights activists were indicted on federal terrorism-related charges for allegedly harassing and threatening researchers at UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. Those protesters said their free-speech rights had been violated. The FBI said San Diego has three distinctive tattoos, one each on his chest, stomach and back. The tattoos depict buildings and a pastoral scene on fire and include the words, "It only takes a spark."
There is a $250,000 reward for information leading to San Diego's capture. Anyone with information is asked to call local police, the FBI or 911.
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